I just put up a 75m ssb antenna for ss this weekend. I'm going to add 4 or 5 feet of wire at each end of the antenna by attaching the wire to the current end insulator. Whats the best way to provide
Hi Richard, I did the alligator clip routine for several years. It gets old quickly, especially in winter, here in the north, trudging outside in the cold and maybe snow. What I wound up doing is buy
<< In a message dated 11/13/01 2:16:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, rthorne@tcac.net writes: << I just put up a 75m ssb antenna for ss this weekend. I'm going to add 4 or 5 feet of wire at each end of t
Hello Richard, This has been a popular topic on TowerTalk. There are several solutions to your dilema: My (N4KG) 'lazy' solution is to tune all my antennas for CW and use a tuner for SSB. At our scho
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I have a (hopefully temporary) 80m inverted vee cut for CW. I simply fold the antenna back on itself for the final few feet for SSB operation. No need to disconnect anything, so no corrosion or conne
My alligator clips have been out there for about 15 years. They are totally rusty, but this is a low current part of the antenna so they continue to work ok. One of these days the spring will break,
I want to thank you guys that have contributed to this thread .... After 6 years of using a full-wave loop antenna for 75/80 meters it has failed .... the # 10 stranded wire broke at the apex. This a
Oops . . . right subject; wrong reflector. Please continue on TowerTalk. 73, Jim -- Forwarded Message -- RE: Re: [TowerTalk] 80m Dipole ssb/cw switching I've been putting this project off for a while
Rather than using banana plugs or alligator clips I suggest to cut the dipole to SSB and add a linear piece of linear loading at the feedpoint to both sides to retune the dipole to CW. If you want to
Instead of external relays that short out linear loading for 80M suggested below, why not have dipoles cut for SSB&CW at right angles to each other or as close as 30 degrees and get an automatic and
I have a 75M inverted vee that I rarely use for DX or DX contests. Before I had my vertical installed, I used to use an alligator clip with about four feet of wire and a relatively heavy insulator on
That statement is clearly incorrect, no matter how many capital letters are in it. The vast majority of any broad banding comes from additional loss, just as the ARRL Handbook and people like Walt M
Hi Gale et al. I have a piece of wire on teh end of my 80 meter dipole that I just wrap around the uninsulated end of the dipole. It doesn't have to be added to both sides of the antenna. Just add th
Hi Gale et al. I have a piece of wire on the end of my 80 meter dipole that I just wrap around the uninsulated end of the dipole. It doesn't have to be added to both sides of the antenna. Just add th
That's correct Tom. I got to thinking are I remembered that W3GM used to have 3 or 4 sloping dipoles for 75M on one of his 100ft towers. As I (now) recall, he used to add a 7-8 ft piece of wire to th